He was dreaming, he knew he was or his mother wouldn't be here if he wasn't. He was awake this time and was able to actually get to run into her awaiting arms and cry into her chest. He wept as she shushed his little boy and pulled him away to look in his eyes.

"Sora, why are you crying?" She asks with sympathy, wiping the tears off his face.

"I miss you and I never got tell you good-bye before you left!" The boy cried, newly fresh tears forming in his eyes.

"But you have. No matter where you are, I'm right there with you to protect you. Call me a… guarding angel." The snow white wings behind her shuffled behind her back.

"But why did you have to die?" Sora asked quietly, his sniffles echoing in the darkness. The only light being his mother in her white gown.

"It was just my time. Plus, I knew your father was more in love with someone else. Please, don't be angry with your father for being in love with Cloud. I do love Squall, but… I just wasn't the right person for him."

"I'm not angry at dad. I'm too stubborn too. Plus, he is my guardian and spoils me."

Rhinoa giggled and ruffled her son's spikes. "Good. Do tell Squall that I've forgiven him. And Sora?"

"Yes?"

"Don't be angry with Riku, he loves you very much and he wants to protect from Organization 13, or was 13. But that isn't for me to explain. That is for the others. I think you'll find this rather interesting."

Sora woke with a start when the door bell rang and sat up from the couch. He rubbed his eyes and stretched catlike. He leaned back and thought about what his mother just said in his dream, not noticing the others in the room.

Organization 13? Who are they, or what are they? The brunette bit his lip, looking down at his lap. He was startled out of his thoughts when Leon sat down next him, just now noticing the others in the living room.

Cloud, Roxas, Axel, Zexion, and Demyx were squeezed on the bigger couch across from Sora as Sephiroth, Riku, and Aerith stood next to the couch, close to Sora, who sat on the loveseat. All eyes on him.

The older brunette was about to begin before the younger brunette spoke first. "Before you all begin, I have a few things to say. Dad, mom says she forgives you and Riku… I'm sorry."

Leon was striked with hurt and relief while Riku smiled and shook his head.

"It was my fault for keeping too many secrets from you and I am sorry," the pale teen said, his eyes shining with love.

"Anyways, as you were saying dad."

The tall brunette let out a deep breath. "Well, to start off; we're vampires."

"Huh?" Sora gave an odd look.

"Well… how to explain this?"

"You are the child of light, Sora," Sephiroth said bluntly. "And a man called Xemnas wants to kill you so the world could end up in darkness. With the light gone, the earth will be in chaos and overrun by our kind."

"So… what happens if I grow old and die?" Sora asked confusedly.

"Every century a new child of light is born. But if the child of light dies before the next is born, another who will be born will be made the child of light," Cloud explained.

"Why is 'the light' in a human?"

"Before, the light was divided between people and their good hearts. But soon hearts started to feel hatred and become black with anger for the world," Axel piped in this time. "So… the light was put into a pure heart to keep the earth safe. Some people don't even know that they are the children of light."

"And if the light is gone, the door to darkness could be opened and the world would be crawling with heartless and vampires," Cloud added.

"So all this time all of my friends were vampires?" The young brunette asked with wide eyes. The others nodded. Instead of freaking out like they had intended him to do, an excited look came over his face. "Awesome," he whispered to himself.

"You're not frightened by this?" Riku asked, holding in a smirk.

"Well, not really. I was actually starting to get suspicious." Sora smiled before becoming serious again. "Now what's up with this Organization 13?"

They were surprised that the young teen knew about the Organization without anyone telling him about it, but said nothing.

"The Organization 13," Zexion started, "is a group of nobodies; hallow souls who have no hearts and want neither dark nor light. But… Xemnas, the Superior, wants this world to drown in darkness and suffer the pain he had suffered. It's pretty much a stupid plan."

"Heck, we should know because we too were once nobodies, me, Zexion, Axel, and Roxas," Demyx exclaimed. "Xemnas said he wanted to restore our hearts, but what he really wanted was darkness. What he didn't know was that we had restored our hearts on our own."

"What about you dad? You weren't always a vampire were you?" Sora turned towards his father and gave a questioning glance.

"No, I was actually turned a couple of weeks ago. I knew Cloud was a vampire when we first became friends and always wanted to be one myself," Leon explained. "I was too busy raising you to actually become one."

Sora nodded to himself as another question popped into his mind. "So when did vampires really originate from?"

"Vampires have always been around since 40 B.C," Sephiroth explained, getting annoyed with all the questions. "Long ago, a few men made a virus that was supposed to be a poison. But it actually turned humans into blood-thirsty monsters and practically invincible. And once it was in the blood stream, a long line of vampires came into our world.

"Vampires were born from other vampires before we found out that we could turn humans into vampires if we bleed into them either by injecting them with our blood or by cutting a slit in or gums before we bite them. The only way to kill us is by cutting off our heads."

"So all that holy water, silver stake, and crucifics is a bunch of crap?"

"Yes," Riku replied. "But… newly born vampires always have to be looked after. They become hungry and start to kill innocent people on accident. Within a week or more, they'll finally calm down and start acting human again. But we vampires must always have a small dose of blood daily, not as much when we become new vampires."

The young teen sat their in silence, muddling everything over in his head. It all made sense now; why Hayner and Kire died, why everyone lied about being a vampire, he understood now.

"So now what do I do, now that Xemnas is after me?"

"We kill him, simple as that," Cloud said lowly.

"O-k, I guess I'll go with that also," the young brunette sighed.

"There are a couple more things I have to tell you," Leon piped in once again. "Your mother didn't die from a heart attack."

"Huh?"

"She was murdered by Xemnas, who knew that she was your mother," Sephiroth stated, showing little emotion.

"Oh, so you all were hiding the truth from me to protect me?" It was more of a statement then a question. The others nodded, giving the boy sad looks. Sora smiled sadly and sighed. "I guess its ok; I mean bad things could happen if I knew when I was younger."

"Are you ok with this?" Riku asked concernedly.

"Not really, but I'll live."

"Sorry we had to lie to you about it," Roxas apologized.

"Don't worry about it. At least I know now, I guess."

"Also," Riku began, "I lied about Larxene. She was never my mother. But it was true that my real mom did use verbal abuse on me when she found out my father was a vampire and that I was recently turned. She was my first kill. Larxene was just some victim in the past."

"Soooo, how old are you really?"

"About 250 years. My father is over two thousand years old and has had a few lovers here and there, which means I have several half brothers or sisters that I don't know about."

"So how old is Cloud?" The young boy was getting more and more curious by the minute.

"About 500 years old," the blond replied. "And my friend Zack is about 550. And Axel is about 260."

"So what happened to Tifa?"

"She was also murdered by Xemnas after Rhinoa," Cloud sighed, not wanting to bring his wife up. "But enough of this touchy feeling crap; I need to kill something." He mumbled the last part and walked off, Leon going after him.

"Anyways…" Sora began, not knowing what to say or do. "How do we kill Xemnas and where is he?"

"We cut off his head and I… don't know where he is," Sephiroth stated, a soft blush of embarrassment specking his face. "But I have a guess. He could be at the old mansion where you boys were at the other night."

The boys paled and Aerith chocked on her spit. "What!? You boys went to the old mansion where a crazed vampire could be?!"

"We didn't know!" Axel defended himself. "And I didn't sense any Vampires there, until that one guy up."

"What guy?" She was pissed now and worried.

"Uh…" Axel coughed.

"The guy I was talking about that wanted to use Sora to kill Xemnas," Riku stated bluntly.

Zexion hummed in thought, thinking over what everyone just said. "Did you see any kind of petals around him? Like flower petals?"

"Uh… now that I remember, I did see petals appear when the guy disappeared," the young brunette mumbled to himself, thinking of that night in the mansion.

"Then it's probably Marluxia," Demyx groaned. "I swear, that guy is the wonder of gayness. I mean, have you scene his hair?! It's pink!"

"And don't forget his main power is flowers," Axel snorted. "Anywho, back to the situation at hand; do we go to the mansion now or later?"

"Now would be best," the silver haired man agreed with the first. "We could catch him off guard and most of his minions would be gone searching for Sora or keeping watch over him."

At that time, Leon walked in with a gloomy face. "We better go now if we want to catch the bastard off guard. And his minions are here; they don't hide their scent very well." He walked over to the fireplace and picked up a book from the top of it. He opened it to reveal that it wasn't actually a book, just a small hiding spot for several small bags.

He handed one to each of them except for Sora. "You're gonna need these if you don't want to be caught."

"What are they?" The redhead asked and took a sniff of the bag, pulling it away immediately and holding his nose.

"Gopher dust," Sephiroth blunted, rolling his eyes. "Where did you get these?"

"My cousin, who knows a guy, who knows a friend, who knows a vampire hunter, gave these to me," the tall brunette grinned, tossing one to Sephiroth, who caught it before it hit his face.

"Gopher dust?" Sora gave an odd look. "What about me?"

"These won't help you since you're human," Riku replied quickly. "So you're gonna stay here with a few of us."

"I don't want to be useless!" The young brunette whimpered, giving the puppy dog eyes.

"I'm sorry Sora, but you're not a vampire," Leon stated firmly, giving his son a 'shut up' look.

"Then turn me into a vampire!"

"Sora," Riku groaned, "it's not as easy as it sounds. There are a lot of things you have to do."

"I know I know. But I really want to become one. That was my real desire that the guy was talking about! That's what I've always wanted to become!" Sora snapped, shutting up quickly after. Shit…

"But I thought you didn't believe in vampires," Roxas snort as if he knew all along. "You sure fooled us." He crossed his arms.

"I only said that because I didn't want people to think I was crazy," the brunette whispered, looking sadly at his knees. "I guess it doesn't matter anymore."

Leon gave his son a sad smile and ruffled his spikes. "Ok, Sora, but your lover is gonna have to do it. And you're basically going to be chained up until the hunger is satisfied. Why? Because newly changed vampires your age are harder to control than adults."

Riku mentally smirked at the thought of his lover being chained up and hopeless. "And I will have to feed you."

"I don't care. As long as I'm with Riku for the rest of my life, I don't care."

The tall brunette sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Fine, but don't blame me when you start to feel really hungry. And don't say I didn't warn you." He got up and left the teenagers to go find his lover.

Demyx left with a giggle with a quiet Zexion behind him. Axel left with Roxas o give the boys some time to themselves, along with Aerith and Sephiroth; Aerith giving him a wink before she left, Sephiroth rolling his eyes.

"While the others fight, we'll start the ritual," the silver teen said, getting up with Sora following.

"Ritual?"

"Oh yeah, there's a ritual before you turn someone into a vampire," the pale teen lied through his teeth and Sora believed him. "Shall we head up to my room?"

"I guess so."

"Good." The older teen smirked and grabbed the brunette wrist to drag him down the hallway to his room.

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